S/D Wimpy Bland Rock

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First Keane..and now Snow Patrol are back to inflict the airwaves with their brand of bland rock

Who else?

― Brigadier Lethbridge-Pfunkboy (Kerr), Monday, 24 April 2006 14:10 (twenty years ago)

anything new on rock radio

― Huk-L (Huk-L), Monday, 24 April 2006 14:14 (twenty years ago)

Ghastly examples

Athlete
Aqualung
Coldplay
Travis

..look up virgin radio website !
http://www.virginradio.co.uk/

― DJ Martian (djmartian), Monday, 24 April 2006 14:14 (twenty years ago)

The Feeling

― DJ Martian (djmartian), Monday, 24 April 2006 14:17 (twenty years ago)

In my dads car today I was looking through the channels on the radio and on R2 there was something REALLY wimpy. I think it was The Feeling.

― Brigadier Lethbridge-Pfunkboy (Kerr), Monday, 24 April 2006 14:40 (twenty years ago)

Didn't Travis disappear years ago? Or did I just stop paying attention?

― Jam (1020am), Monday, 24 April 2006 15:17 (twenty years ago)

TS: Coldplay Vs. Keane Vs. Travis Vs. Starsailor Vs. Thirteen Senses Vs. Elbow Vs. Leaves Vs. Athlete

Can the definition of wimpy bland rock be extended to include the likes of Bread?

― Lotta Continua (Damian), Monday, 24 April 2006 15:22 (twenty years ago)

...who I forgot to actually add that I like?

― Lotta Continua (Damian), Monday, 24 April 2006 15:24 (twenty years ago)

Matchbox 20

― Brigadier Lethbridge-Pfunkboy (Kerr), Monday, 24 April 2006 15:45 (twenty years ago)

Mountain Goats.

Well, they're a little different. But still wimpy and bland.

Also, Morrissey.

― vartman (novaheat), Monday, 24 April 2006 17:58 (twenty years ago)

prehistoric to silver age radiohead

― yours fondly, harshaw. (mrgn), Monday, 24 April 2006 18:17 (twenty years ago)

Starsailor

― kornrulez6969 (TCBeing), Monday, 24 April 2006 18:20 (twenty years ago)

The Eagles.

― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn (Alfred Soto), Monday, 24 April 2006 18:24 (twenty years ago)

Is that all ILM can manage?

― Brigadier Lethbridge-Pfunkboy (Kerr), Monday, 24 April 2006 22:29 (twenty years ago)

daniel powter

― even cathy berberian's nose (Jody Beth Rosen), Monday, 24 April 2006 22:36 (twenty years ago)

Lets not forget James Blunt then.

― Brigadier Lethbridge-Pfunkboy (Kerr), Monday, 24 April 2006 22:58 (twenty years ago)

the Killers

― Lukas (lukas), Monday, 24 April 2006 23:42 (twenty years ago)

they're like a big, bland ... uh ... torpedo, hurtling towards ... things. speechless, they make me.

― Lukas (lukas), Monday, 24 April 2006 23:45 (twenty years ago)

Train...Placebo...Muse...sometimes I think Interpol comes under this heading...

― VegemiteGrrl (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 24 April 2006 23:55 (twenty years ago)

Placebo

Hey!

Lukas, I should note, has much wisdom.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 25 April 2006 04:12 (twenty years ago)

Ambrosia. I was shopping somewhere the other day, and heard one of their songs and it call came back to me just how god-awful they were. I think it was, uh, "You're The Only Woman?"

― phil d. (Phil D.), Tuesday, 25 April 2006 13:37 (twenty years ago)

I think they're rubbish but I wouldn't describe Muse as wimpy or bland

― Kids Will Eat Them Till the Cows Come Home (Dada), Tuesday, 25 April 2006 13:41 (twenty years ago)

David Gray
Hootie and the Blowfish
Dave Matthews
etc

― rentboy (rentboy), Tuesday, 25 April 2006 13:43 (twenty years ago)

My girlfriend and I were just remarking (re: that commercial that has the DMB piano song behind it) that there's really a lot less distance between Dave Matthews and Coldplay than people seem to realize...

― js (honestengine), Tuesday, 25 April 2006 14:34 (twenty years ago)

How true

― Brigadier Lethbridge-Pfunkboy (Kerr), Tuesday, 25 April 2006 15:52 (twenty years ago)

Fashion sense, mostly.

― mike a, Tuesday, 25 April 2006 16:39 (twenty years ago)

Is this a S&D thread, or just D? It seems like no one's naming any Wimpy Bland Rock that they like.

― o. nate (onate), Tuesday, 25 April 2006 16:45 (twenty years ago)

Seems like its a destroy. Apart from Bread.

― Brigadier Lethbridge-Pfunkboy (Kerr), Tuesday, 25 April 2006 16:58 (twenty years ago)

Bad: Wimpy Bland Rock - the key word is BLAND

change the semantics and aesthetics and intention of sound

Classy: Stylish Melodic pop rock

The Blue Nile - first 2 albums.
No-Man
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No-Man
Stranglers: Golden Brown
Roxy Music: Avalon
Anathema - Are You There

― DJ Martian (djmartian), Tuesday, 25 April 2006 17:05 (twenty years ago)

I know I am not the only one with a weakness for "Brandy (You're A Fine Girl"...

Maybe I am.

― mr. jimmerson, Tuesday, 25 April 2006 17:07 (twenty years ago)

I've found that stuff I would normally disdain as W.B.R. actually works pretty well as pleasant, non-distracting background music. So there is a time and place for everything under the sun.

― o. nate (onate), Tuesday, 25 April 2006 17:59 (twenty years ago)

"I know I am not the only one with a weakness for "Brandy (You're A Fine Girl)"..."

Certainly not. I love that record. And Looking Glass were from my home state (NJ represent)

― James, Tuesday, 25 April 2006 18:05 (twenty years ago)

Any canadians know this Pilate ?
I bet it would fit perfectly.

― Brigadier Lethbridge-Pfunkboy (Kerr), Tuesday, 25 April 2006 20:02 (twenty years ago)

two years pass...

What's new?

― Pfunkboy Formerly Known As... (Herman G. Neuname), Thursday, 18 September 2008 17:39 (seventeen years ago)

The Script?

― The sun sets on twelve tons of pickled onions. A dynasty is dying... (Tom D.), Thursday, 18 September 2008 17:43 (seventeen years ago)

one year passes...

The Script! I was going to post that and there it is.

This article sums up all of these bands: http://www.theonion.com/content/node/30719

Sums them up so well and so completely; It i just satisfying to read.

― Evan, Sunday, 15 November 2009 20:54 (sixteen years ago)

eleven years pass...

Who are the kings of this genre these days?

― Pfunkboy AKA (Oor Neechy), Thursday, 7 October 2021 11:36 (four years ago)

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